1. Check the OS version and core version
#uname -a
#more /etc/redhat-release
2. Create relative directories
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES //Store source codes, patches, icons etc
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS //Store specs about the process of building RPM packages
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD //File after uncompressed are stored here
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS //Store the binary files built with rpmbuild
/usr/src/redhat/SRPMS //Store source code package built with rpmbuild
#mkdir -p /usr/src/redhat/
#cd /usr/src/redhat/
#mkdir SOURCES SPECS BUILD RPMS SRPMS
3. Download Nginx source package
Download source package to SOURCES directory and do not uncompress it.
#wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.3.9.tar.gz
4. Create spec files
Since spec file is written using spec language, please take note about the syntax of spec.
#cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/
#cat < nginx.spec > EOC
Summary: High Performance Web Server
Name: nginx
Version: 1.3.9
Release: el5
License: GPL
Group: Applications/Server
Source: http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.3.9.tar.gz
URL: http://nginx.org/
Distribution: Linux
Packager: JingSheng <jingsheng1@staff.sina.com.cn>
%description
nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server
%prep
useradd nginx -s /sbin/nologin
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_DIR/nginx-1.3.9
zcat $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/nginx-1.3.9.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
%build
cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/nginx-1.3.9
./configure --user=nginx --group=nginx --prefix=/usr/local/nginx/ --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module
make
%install
cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/nginx-1.3.9
make install
%preun
if [ -z "`ps aux | grep nginx | grep -v grep`" ];then
killall nginx >/dev/null
exit 0
fi
%files
/usr/local/ngin
Line begin with # is comment, rpm will ignore it.
Summary : Simple description of the software
Name : Define name of RPM
Version : Software version
Release : Release version
License : Which license it uses
Group : Type of software
Source : The download address of the source
URL : Website about the source code
Description : Detail introduction of the software, can have multiple lines
%prep: Processes before the software is compiled
%build : Start build the software such as make
%install : Start to install the software such as make install
%files : Specify which files should be packaged such as /usr/local/nginx/
%qrerun : Define actions to be taken before software uninstall. For example kill the process
5. Start RPM build
Before build RPM package, you need to download the build tool first.
#yum install -y gcc rpm-build pcre-devel
Start to build the RPM package
# rpmbuild-bb nginx.spec
Source : http://cloudbbs.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=13065
